In the Sandhills of NC, bees produce PURPLE honey. It’s the only place in the entire world where this happens and nobody is certain why.

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[–]AmazingFlightLizard 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

They’re turning the freakin bees gay!

[–]makesyoudownvote 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's definitely not the only place in the world. There is a bee farm in Buena Park California that has several purple honeys from the specific types of flowers they gather nectar from.

To add to the berry theory, at least the story they used was that it came from the boysberries grown at nearby Knotts Berry Farm.

Knott's Berry Farm infamously tried to reproduce this though and failed. They sell purple boysenberry honey, but it's only purple because they add boysenberry flavoring to the honey.

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting, thanks for letting me know.

[–]Mark_Shill 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Monsanto knows

[–]UncleWillard56 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Vulture bees feed on carrion and produce meat honey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Gross! Lol

[–]UncleWillard56 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed. It should be called "blood honey." C'mon people!

[–]Gravi 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Those bees be raving hard!

[–]NastyWetSmear 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Hmm... Even Mono-floral honey normally keeps most of its colour. Strange. There's really only two things involved in the process of making honey: Bee spit and pollen. Seems like it narrows your field of investigation.

[–]Musky[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Some people think it's purple because of an unusually high aluminum content, some think it's because the bees feed on kuzu, but nobody is sure. Some think it's berries but if that was it we'd see more purple honey than we do.

[–]NastyWetSmear 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Why don't they just ask the bees??

[–]Musky[S] 6 insightful - 7 fun6 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 7 fun -  (3 children)

We tried but they said it was none of our beeswax.

[–]passionflounder 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

... and to buzz off?

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

That's so good it stings I didn't think of it.

[–]passionflounder 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hive done better.

[–]scornedandsedated 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

nobody is certain why.

not refuting this claim, I just think that maybe no one is interested enough to find out. I would think a qualified lab could pretty quickly break down exactly what gives the honey its purple color.

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's three competing opinions. Idk why nobody has nailed it down yet, maybe nobody cares enough to pay a lab.

[–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There was blue colored honey once, due to junk food.
https://futurism.com/day-honey-tuned-blue

[–]Ruskeeblue 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Ia i like the blue people of Arkansa? Genetically inferior inbred people?

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Colloidal silver?